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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Carolco Pictures records
Creator:
Carolco Pictures Inc.
Identifier/Call Number: 2163
Physical Description:
252.875 Linear Feet
224 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1976-1995
Abstract: This collection consists of binders with slides of promotional film stills from motion pictures produced by the American independent
production company Carolco Pictures (1976-1995). There is also a set of microfilm containing financial records for Carolco
from the 1990s.
Language of Material:
English.
This collection is currently unavailable for access.
This collection consists of binders with slides of promotional film stills from motion pictures produced by the American independent
production company Carolco Pictures (1976-1995). Some films represented in this collection are:
Total Recall (1990),
Futureworld (1976),
They Live (1988),
Jacob's Ladder (1990), and
Basic Instinct (1992).
There is also a set of microfilm containing financial records for Carolco from the 1990s.
Carolco Pictures was an American independent motion picture production company founded by film investors Mario Kassar and
Andrew Vajna in 1976. The company's first major success was
First Blood (1982), and Carolco Pictures went on to produce multiple films starring Sylvester Stalone. Carolco Pictures also had a long-standing
relationship with director James Cameron, and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, which led in the company producing
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), another major commercial success. Despite the studio's successes in the early 1990s, the company continued to lose
money resulting in its decline. Carolco Pictures was bankrupted by the film intended to be its comeback:
Cutthroat Island (1995).
This collection is currently unavailable for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, January 25, 1996.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Carolco Pictures records, Collection no. 2163, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Collection is unprocessed. Legacy box numbering is represented in the container list and reflects the current box labels.
Numbering is largely sequential with missing box numbers throughout the 100 - 400 range. It is unlikely that any materials
are missing; a numbering error is inferred.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Archival resources
Film stills
Carolco Pictures Inc. -- Archives